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Download full textRoss, Sharon Hill – 1986
The goal of this study was to describe characteristic stages in the development of children's understanding of place value. Sixty children (15 in each grade, 2 through 5) at 5 elementary schools in Butte County, California, were individually administered 18 tasks designed to reveal their thinking about place value and part-whole relations. On six…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Sydney L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Describes the construction of a children's calendar for use in school, including development of time concepts, devising event-recording systems, daily and weekly schedules of events, multiple-week schedules of events, and a day-date calendar. (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedWatson, Jane – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1991
It is difficult for students to unlearn misconceptions that have been unknowingly reinforced by teachers. The examples "multiplication makes bigger,""pi equals 22/7," and the use of counter examples to demonstrate the numerical property of closure are discussed as potential areas where misconceptions are fostered. (MDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Division, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLappan, Glenda, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Two major ways to view the numbers to 100 are counting by ones and grouping by tens and ones. Research suggests that early understanding of numbers comes from counting and that place value instruction cannot be hurried. (PK)
Descriptors: Computation, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Rossa, Dean – Computer Science Education, 1991
Presents eight points to emphasize when teaching the concept of place value. Contends that converting numbers from one base to another helps students understand the concept of place value and the importance of context in establishing meaning. Provides a BASIC computer program to make conversions. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Context Effect
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Elementary Education. – 1986
This document contains a workshop presentation for elementary mathematics teachers. The purpose of the workshop is to demonstrate methods for teaching computational concepts beginning with concrete materials and moving to expressing these concepts abstractly with numerical symbols. Section headings are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Sorting and…
Descriptors: Computation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Lukin, Annabelle; Ross, Linda – 1997
The numeracy handbook is a practical guide for teachers of numeracy and literacy to learners of English as a Second Language. Focus is on teaching numeracy and integrating numeracy and literacy. It considers issues in defining and teaching numeracy, examines numeracy in the workplace, designing a course and a unit of work, and analyzes numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Calculators, Concept Formation, Course Organization
